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Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Wichitans rally in solidarity with Ferguson

Shouting "No cameras, no guns," about 100 people came to a Rally
in Wichita, Tuesday night, in solidarity with protests in Ferguson MO, after a
grand jury decided not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting
death of 18-year-old Michael Brown.
"If they can't equip with cameras, they can't equip with guns,"
protesters chanted at the rally. This was in response to efforts to get the
Wichita Police to wear body cameras at all times to make the police force more
accountable for shootings. Presently, Wichita
plans to equip every police officer with a body camera by the end of 2015,
according to Rep.Gail Finney, D-Wichita.
Rioting broke out in Ferguson the night before
this rally, but the Wichita
rally was peaceful.
"They wouldn't act crazy if they would stop the killings," said AJ
Bohannon, IGYB (I've Got Your Back), as he spoke to the crowd. "Police
brutality is killing us... We don't have to act like animals. There are other
ways...."
A Woman in the crowd pointed out that a child,Tamir Rice, with
a toy gunwas
recently killed. Rice died in a Cleveland
hospital after a police officers, responding to a 911 emergency call,
confronted and shot him when he thought he had a toy gun.
Also in the crowd was Elisa Allen, sister of 26-year-oldIcarus Randolph,a mentally ill Marine veteran who was
shot in front of his home on July 4. She carried a poster with his picture on
it.
"We have more police shootings than cities three to nine times our
size," said DjuanWash, Sunflower Community Action.
He suggested getting the Racial Profiling Advisory Board to get involved to try
and stop these killings.
"Do nothing, change nothing," was another chant by the crowd.
Otherrallies in solidaritywere held in such
cities as San Francisco, Denver,
St. Louis and Philadelphia. There were several of such
rallies in North Carolina.
InFerguson the protests continuedTuesday night. Missouri
Gov. Jay Nixon (D) ordered additional National Guard troops into the city.

AJ Bohannon addresses the crowd Tuesday night protesting in solidarity with those in Ferguson, MO.

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